Political Roundup: Whitehaven’s importance, and Aug. ballot fills
Democratic contender for Shelby County Mayor Ken Moody opened a Whitehaven campaign headquarters this weekend with an endorsement from former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton who hired Moody for his first job in government in the mid 1990s. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
Democratic county mayoral contender Ken Moody opened the first of what will be several headquarters opened by various campaigns in Whitehaven, underscoring the importance of the area’s Black middle class in the city’s political mix.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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